Why Landrovers are the best.

[Strange Rover]

Because you can build them to the max.

Check these out - 1.5in, 35 spline axles and spindles for a rear landrover salisbury axle. And these are not custom parts - they are normal aftermarket bolt on parts.

Fawk yea

Sam

[landy_man]

That looks like JM's work
What are you doing with those Sam

That top photo is pretty intersting...

[Strange Rover]

That looks like JM's work
What are you doing with those Sam

That top photo is pretty intersting...

New 2 seater buggy - will basicaly be 35 spline D60 spec front and rear with 4.6L HSE motor, ZF auto, LT230 blah blah blah. Planing on sending this thing to the US to compete over there - probably next year.

Whats interesting about the top photo??

Yep - Jac Macs work. He supplied these in under 2 weeks to my door.

Sam

[POS]

That looks like JM's work
What are you doing with those Sam

That top photo is pretty intersting...

New 2 seater buggy - will basicaly be 35 spline D60 spec front and rear with 4.6L HSE motor, ZF auto, LT230 blah blah blah. Planing on sending this thing to the US to compete over there - probably next year.

Whats interesting about the top photo??

Yep - Jac Macs work. He supplied these in under 2 weeks to my door.

Sam

The back shelf is TIDY for once!

[landy_man]

That looks like JM's work
What are you doing with those Sam

That top photo is pretty intersting...

New 2 seater buggy - will basicaly be 35 spline D60 spec front and rear with 4.6L HSE motor, ZF auto, LT230 blah blah blah. Planing on sending this thing to the US to compete over there - probably next year.

Whats interesting about the top photo??

Yep - Jac Macs work. He supplied these in under 2 weeks to my door.

Sam

The back shelf is TIDY for once!

lol.... what appears to be on piece cross shaft for lt230... is that also from jacmac

yeah i read on pirate a while ago about your intentions to go compete in the states... thought you might be buying a diablo or similar... but i reckon home grown ALL THE WAY

[ISUZUROVER]

Looks great Sam.

Does JM give you a hub spanner with those stub axles or do you make your own.

[Strange Rover]

Looks great Sam.

Does JM give you a hub spanner with those stub axles or do you make your own.

Probably use a hammar and screwdriver like usual

Sam

[RaginRover]

Looks great Sam.

Does JM give you a hub spanner with those stub axles or do you make your own.

Probably use a hammar and screwdriver like usual

Sam

Love it mate ..... Hope it all goes well I am keen to get down there and have a look, haven't seen what you blokes have been up to for ages.

Tom

[daddylonglegs]

These have been available for over 10 years. I bought mine in 93.
the only problem with them is the hub seal is not very effective. I ended up machining down the seal surface on the spindles to accept a Rangey double lipped double spring oil seal, fitted a hardened thrust washer between the inner bearing cone and the shouler on the spindle,and sleeved down the series 3 hubs too. I have had no problems with leaky hub seals since, even though my portal boxes are completely full of oil.
Bill.

[antt]

good luck sam, stick it to the yanks

will this one be ready for puosu?

[Rainbow Warrior]

Because you can build them to the max.

Check these out - 1.5in, 35 spline axles and spindles for a rear landrover salisbury axle. And these are not custom parts - they are normal aftermarket bolt on parts.

Fawk yea

Sam

Great, why couldn't I get some decent "non-custom" axles to fit the back of my Rangie when I got sick of snapping axles, and baulked at spending $5k on axles for a $3k vehicle, they do bullet proof 5 speeds too?

Stock Patrol, can't break it,

[Strange Rover]

These have been available for over 10 years. I bought mine in 93.
the only problem with them is the hub seal is not very effective. I ended up machining down the seal surface on the spindles to accept a Rangey double lipped double spring oil seal, fitted a hardened thrust washer between the inner bearing cone and the shouler on the spindle,and sleeved down the series 3 hubs too. I have had no problems with leaky hub seals since, even though my portal boxes are completely full of oil.
Bill.

Im actually not sure what seal Im going to run on these. Jeff at Jac Mac was saying something about the rangie double lipped seal but I carnt remember exactally what. He was saying how good the rangie one is but I dont know if I can run them in this setup. Im not sure if the OD of the seal that I have to run is bigger than the stock rangie one - I would imagine it is bigger cause the OD of the inner cone will be 82mm and I think the stock seal in smaller than that. Dont know what the ID of the seal needs to be either but I will chase allthis stuff up next week.

Sam

[Strange Rover]

Because you can build them to the max.

Check these out - 1.5in, 35 spline axles and spindles for a rear landrover salisbury axle. And these are not custom parts - they are normal aftermarket bolt on parts.

Fawk yea

Sam

Great, why couldn't I get some decent "non-custom" axles to fit the back of my Rangie when I got sick of snapping axles, and baulked at spending $5k on axles for a $3k vehicle, they do bullet proof 5 speeds too?

Stock Patrol, can't break it,

Easy to get non custom axles for rangie from a couple of different suppliers and you wouldnt of had to spend more than $500.

A bullet proof 5 speed is called an R380 (although it really isnt all that bullet proof) Better off with an auto - The ZF is probably good for 300HP and the Torque flight 727 is probably good for 1000+HP.

And Im sure I could break your stock patrol although the patrol rear diff that has the 37 spline axles would probably hang on all right. Although it would be a bit of a rock magnet cause its a bloody big mofo.

Sam

[landy_man]

A bullet proof 5 speed is called an R380 (although it really isnt all that bullet proof)

totally agree there... i had nothing but trouble with the R380 in my defender

[landy_man]

just been reading your posts on Pirate............

Sam.... you are one lateral thinker...
the joystick idea sounds AWSOME..... you are going to show them yanks what it's all about

Will this rig be run in Aus before you compete over there... I would love to see how it all comes together.
Please post some tech on here as well as some guys dont visit pirate...

[daddylonglegs]

Sam , just going by the photo of the spindles I would say that you cannot run Rangey double lipped seals unless you machine down the seal ring.
If you don't use the buggy in deep mud the seals jeff supplies would probably be ok. The last time i checked with the bearing companies, there wasn't a double lipped double spring seal available with that inside diameter. A mate of mine who runs the bigger spindles without changing to rangey seals averages one hub seal per month on a daily driver.
Bill.

[Strange Rover]

Will this rig be run in Aus before you compete over there... I would love to see how it all comes together.
Please post some tech on here as well as some guys dont visit pirate...

It will kick around here for a bit if time permits although while it is here it will be running stock front axles (although still 35 spline) and the longside will be shortned buy cutting it and resplining so I really wouldnt want to drive it too hard (although I probably will) cause I wont know how strong it will be and I wont have any spares. When I send the rig I will get some new alloy front shafts and CTM joints while its in the US. Thats the plan anyway.

Yea I will post a proper buildup thread here. This was going to be it but I didnt think that a couple of pics of some axles and spindles would be too interesting to everybody here. So I posted this thread having a dig at everybody saying how good rovers are. But once I get more into it and have some interesting pics Ill start the buildup thread.

Sam

[Rainbow Warrior]

Because you can build them to the max.

Check these out - 1.5in, 35 spline axles and spindles for a rear landrover salisbury axle. And these are not custom parts - they are normal aftermarket bolt on parts.

Fawk yea

Sam

Great, why couldn't I get some decent "non-custom" axles to fit the back of my Rangie when I got sick of snapping axles, and baulked at spending $5k on axles for a $3k vehicle, they do bullet proof 5 speeds too?

Stock Patrol, can't break it,

Easy to get non custom axles for rangie from a couple of different suppliers and you wouldnt of had to spend more than $500.

They just didn't like the 3.9V8, 34"tyres & Air Locker combo, I broke axles at 1000rpm.